St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-02
CARDIFF BACKS DOWN.
Killen the Champion of the North
west.

Patsy Cardiff is a pugilist who came
to Minneapolis something like three
years ago. While there was nothing
about his appearance to convey the i'm
preston that he lived to fight, there
were certain indications that he strongly
desired to fight to live. Without much
difficulty he got a chance to meet Billy
Wilson, the colored pugilist of st. Paul,
who had attained considerable notOriety
by.knocking out Mervine Thompson, of
Cleveland, i'll one round. The
fight came off in Dakota county
was allowed to take some unfair advant-
ages. Mr.. Cardiff assumed the title of
heavyweight champion of the North
vest and lived upon the reputation he
thus acquired for about year, occa-
Si0nally knocking out a ''mark" at the
local variety theaters. He made tour
under the management of E. p. Hilton,
and visited the metropolitan cities of
Crookston, St. Cloud, Fargo and Duluth,
at which places a reward of $50 was
offered to any one who could stand be-
fore him four rounds. The offer
went .untaken until Duluth was
reached, where Paddy Mcdonald
evinced disposition to accept it. Car
.
skin-gloves should be used, and the
chief of police refused to allow the
''brutal fight to go on. Cardiff. COLI
tinued in his successful career until he
ran up against
A SoNG-AND-DANCE MAN
named Jim Brady. The meeting oc-
Cured at Fargo. Cardiff was in poor
condition, and Brady, who had been
working in the harvest field near James
town, was in fine trim. The meeting
resulted in draw, the Northwestern
champion" in some ineXplicable way
injuring his terrible left on the ropes.
Cardiff next met George Rook, the
ex-middle..weight. champion, at the
Leland rink, Minneapolis. Rook was
about fifty years old, and had raised
ever, managed to stay before the
champion" six rounds, when the
referee was unable to decide who had
the best of it. Another round was
ordered and Cardiff won. Cardifr's next
meeting was with Charlie Mitchell, the
English middle-weight. Five rounds
were boxed, and draw resulted. This
was surprise. People who cheerfully
paid an eXorbitant price for the pleasure
of seeing
CARDIFF KNOCKED TO PIECES
were astonished, and concluded that
Mr.. Cardiff must be a great man. Local
pride woke up, and there was desire
to push him to the front. Cardiff, how
ever, did not want any hurry. He
blutfed off offers from pugiliStS on the
ground that they had mo regulations"
and ignored their challenges. Billy
Wilson. who had improved in
the meantime demanded another
meeting. He got it after he had
roasted Cardiff persistently through the
newspapers, and announced his inten-
ton of whipping the champion" on the
street. In the ten-rOumd contest which
followed at St.Paul Cardiff fairly bested
Wilson. John l.. Sullivan came along
next, and Cardiff accepted an offer
to stand before him for six
rounds. This looked like pluck,
and Cardiff stock went mp.
Sullivan broke his left arm in the first
round and Cardiff really had the best of
the match, although it was decided
draw. This is Cardiff's record, on which
he holds what he claims to be the
championship of the Northwest" Pat
Killen, who has been in the Northwest
for two years off and on, has made re-
peated attempts to obtain an oppor-
tunity to contest for the championship
with Cardiff. While he. had knocked
out nearly forty men during this time,
Cardiff Claimed he had mo reputation
This was met by offers to back Killen
for any amount from $1,000 to $1,000,
but it was of no use. Cardiff could not
be induced to meet him. Killen lately
has camped down in front of Cardiff at
Minneapolis. and since then has re-
peatedly renewed his offers to meet him
on almost
ANY CONDITIONS FOR ANY AMOUNT.
He even offered to allow Cardiff rs
per cent. of the gate receipts if he was
not bested i'll ten rounds. Hank Seeley
next offered to give Cardiff 1900 to box
Killen ten rounds, win or lose. Cardiff's
excuse then was that he was bound by